Lever cider-press



(No Model.)

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J. E. HORSTIOK.

LEVER CIDER PRESS.

No. 372,914. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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(No Model.)

. J. E. "HORSTICK.

LEVER CIDER PRESS.

Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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JOHN E. HORSTIGK, -O F NEAR HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LEVER CIDER-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372.914, dated November 1887.

Application filed August 3,- 1887.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. HORSTIOK, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing near Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and use ful Lever Cider-Press, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable cider-presses, in which the pressing beam is operatedbya pivoted lever in connection with a reciprocating ratchet-bar and a pawl for engaging its teeth, incombination with a stationary ratchetbar secured to the under blocking of the sills and engaged by a pawl adapted to lock down the free end of the pressing-beam after the lever has been operated, theratchets being inserted through a vertical longitudinal slot in the press-head and through two corresponding slots in a block ar ranged on the press beam over the said slot therein, and having a division-abutment between the slots in said block, against which the ratchetbars bear when engaged by the pawls, also journaled in said block at a lower level.

My said press has a swinging crane and a lever attachment for handling the cri'bs, after the pomace has been pressed dry, for removing it from the bed, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is an isometric view of my press, in which one of the beam-guides has been removed and parts have been broken away of the bed and the cross-bracejoining the beamguides together; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the block on the head of the pressingbeam, the section being taken through the slots therein and disclosing the ratchet-bars and pawls in place therein.

. In the following description similar reference-letters denote the corresponding parts in the several views. I

Letter A denotes the rear hinge-post, to which are bolted the sills B B by the bolt I), which sills have their front ends supported on the under blocking, G,which is usually formed with legs D D in trestle form. The lugs P forming the fulcral bearings for the lever P,

are extended below, through the under blocking, 0, as bolts, and are also bolted laterally to Serial No. 246,019. (No model.)

the insides of the sills B B. Other screwbolts may also join said sills to the under blocking. Upon the sides of said post A are secured the clips E, through which a rivet or through-bolt, a, hinges thereto, the pressingbeam E, whose front end or head has bolted thereon the block WV W, containing therein the pawls m a. Said block is recessed to allow said pawls to swing freely upon the axes or trunnions Q Q, which are journaled in the side walls of said blocks. The block is vertically longitudinally slotted at T T, and has the bulk-head partition M arranged mainly at a higher level than the trunnions Q Q. The head of the pressing-beam E is correspondingly slotted, to admit freely throughit and through said block the ratchet-bars J K,which are arranged with their backs or unnotched edges directed toward each other and working against the partition M when the pawls m n are locked in the notches 0 of the bars. The partition M thus serves asa guide to keep the said bars nearly parallel to each other and duly spaced apart The bar J is formed at its lower end into a screw-bolt, J, which is provided with the nuts Z, whereby it is secured in the middle portion of the under blocking, G, between the sills B B. The bar K is given a quarter-turn below and is formed with the wrist K thereon, through which the couplingbolt V hinges or pivots said bar to theflanges L on the butt-end of the lever P, as shown. Said lever is pivoted or hinged by the fulcral bolt P, inserted through the lugs P and through eyes in the flanges L, so as to bring the axes of the bolts P and V close together.

Thej ournals Q, Q of the pawls m n are extendedin said ratchet-bar notches 0; or the inner ends of said rods are set on the tops of the lugs h when the pawls are released from said notches, said rods being sprung from their hold under said lugs and adjusted to hold the pawls reversed. The latter adjustment permits the head of the beam E to be elevated afteracrib of pomace has been finally pressed. The head of said beam has pivoted thereto the link provided with the eye 1, into which the pin 1) is inserted when the lever l is used for raising said head by these means. The said head is kept elevated and said lever interlocked therewith by the hook S, )ivoted to said head and hooking into the staple S on the lever. The beam E is guided in its rise and descent between the posts H H, as shown and indicated. The cross-brace x, which connects said posts H H, limits the descent of said beam in case both said pawlsare disengaged inadvertently.

To thepost A is attached the upright or staff F of the crane-arm F by means of the embracing-staple d and a staple or part, (2, below, having therein an eye, in which works thcpin 0, formed on the shouldered lower end of said staff. To said arm F is joined, by the chain or rod f, the lever F having on its short arm the pendulous hook f, for seizing thereby the crib (shown in dotted lines) containing the pressed pomace for transferring it from the bed B to any receiver therefor on either side or in rear of the press. The flanges L on the lever I work evenly against the inner faces of the lugs P and the wrist K fills the space between said flanges, thus securing said parts in close coupled arrangement.

I do not broadly claim the use of the operating-lever 1?, the stationary holding'bar J, and the reciprocating drawingbar K in connection with the pressingbeani E, but only when constructed as set forth and adapted,by the aid of the pawls, so that one man may operate the press alone, and that it shall hold the pressingbeam at all positions in'its descent.

I claim In a cider-press, the combination, with the vertically-slotted pivoted beam E, provided with the block V V, having partition M, lugs h, and vertical slots T T, of ratchet-bars J K in said slots, engaging pawlsmn, mounted upon said block, with their journals extended beyond the block, and provided with rods 9, to engage said lugs. operating-lever P, and a link connecting said lever with said beam.

JOHN E. HORS'LIGK.

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